– While Russia continues to suffer very high losses, there are dramatic differences between Russian regions in terms of how the war affects the population, according to the Ministry of Defense in London.
The ministry estimates that 30 times more people die as a result of the war in some regions than in Moscow.
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Minorities suffer the greatest losses
Ethnic minorities have suffered the greatest losses. In the Astrakhan region, for example, 75 percent of the dead are ethnic Kazakhs and Tatars, according to estimates.
The American Institute for the Study of War wrote on Sunday that the Russian attack on Bakhmut, in the east of the country, appears to have stopped. On Saturday, Russian forces were reported to be in control of the eastern part of the city.
Hundreds of soldiers were said to have been killed in recent days on the Russian and Ukrainian sides of the front line.
He continues to attack
On Sunday, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow announced that more than 220 Ukrainian servicemen had been killed in the past 24 hours. According to reports, Russian soldiers continue to attack Ukrainian positions in Donetsk.
These numbers have not been independently confirmed.
On Saturday, Ukraine reported that more than 500 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded within a single day in connection with the Battle of Bakhmut. These numbers have not been confirmed by independent sources.
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